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THE WHL season ended on a downer for Kelowna Rockets with news that team captain Colton Sissons may miss most of the playoffs.
COLUMNIST Joel Young says our education system needs to get on board in teaching and encouraging the benefits of entrepreneurism to their students, our future job creators and innovators.
TAKE A WALK around Kelowna’s Cultural Distict, like columnist Jan Johnson did, and be amazed at how much diversity there is at the downtown art galleries.
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Megan Wood (left) and environmental studies diploma student Maria Marsh (right) chat with Okanagan College facilities electrician Alan Becker as he works on one of the four charging stations being installed at the Kelowna college campus. See story on A7. CONTRIBUTED
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Transit partnership seeks sustainable options Alistair waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
While it’s not the start of a move towards a regional transit authority for the Central Okanagan, area municipalities appear ready to join forces when it comes to planning for transit and transportation. Kelowna city council has approved a plan to develop what it is calling a sustainable trans-
portation partnership with Lake Country, West Kelowna, the Westbank First Nation, Peachland and the regional district. According to Ron Westlake, the city’s director of regional programs, the partnership would put together a regional strategic transportation plan, have an inter-municipal advisory board, discuss issues, priorities and processes, as well as roll out regional programs and
partner with the province. Westlake said it will start with the mayors, the WFN chief and their respective chief administrative officers working together. Kelowna Coun. Robert Hobson, who is also the chair of the Central Okanagan regional district’s board, said the move is aimed at giving the region more autonomy when it comes to transportation issues, including
transit, and will help with planning a transportation system that serves the entire area, not just individual municipalities. He said while the initial budget for the project will be small—less than $200,000— there will be a three-year commitment from the partners. At first, the partners will use money they get from transportation demand management. Kelowna council was the
first to have the plan formally presented to it. The other three councils and the WFN band council, as well as the regional board, will also have to ratify the plan. The City of Kelowna, through Westlake, already handles much of the regional planning for transit, but Hobson said following a decision by West
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What’s your chocolate ice cream? The question, posed by Dr. Carole Robinson, initially seemed out of place when asked during a health forum—focused on death and dying—at UBC Okanagan last Saturday. Robinson began her speech by reminding the crowd that children tend to fight. “When you get sick, that invites (children) to fight. They’re anxious, they’re stressed and each thinks they know you best,” said Robinson. “I’m going to ask you to think about, in advance, what your wishes are and to give direction to your children. It will help them not fight.” She told a story about Dr. Susan Block, co-director of the Harvard Centre for Palliative Care. Years ago, Block’s father was admitted to a San Francisco hospital. He had symptoms that were diagnosed as being related to a tumour that was growing on his spinal cord in his neck. The night before her father’s surgery, Block tried to avoid talking about it.